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If you want to take your flying experience to a whole new level, these FPV DJI Racing Edition Googles are just the ticket. They will put you in the cockpit in a totally immersive experience where you are the pilot and are even better than the original DJI Goggles.
A step up from the original DJI Goggles, DJI Racing Edition Goggles support sphere pano viewing and local video playback, giving you an even better FPV experience.
In addition, DJI RE Goggles have a redesigned facial pad and headband, making them more comfortable to wear, and they offer two transmission bands - 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz - and 12 different channels allowing users to avoid interference commonly experienced with overcrowding of the more common 2.4 GHz band as well as cross-channel interference.
The DJI Racing Edition Goggles even have a Micro SD slot allowing you to store digital video on a Micro SD card!
DJI RE goggles are compatible with the following DJI drones:
[1] Attainable when transmission resolution is set to 480p under FCC regulations at 2.4 GHz in ideal conditions. The recommended transmission distance is 2 km for fixed-wing aircraft and 200 m for drone racing.
[2] Camera Module and OcuSync Video Transmission Module sold separately.
[3] 720p 60 fps and 480p 50 fps transmission are also supported.
[4] 12 selectable transmission channels are available at 5.8 GHz and seven channels are available at 2.4 GHz.
[5] Supported with both OcuSync and analog video transmission.
[6] OcuSync Video Transmission Module and Camera Module are required.
The following is included in your DJI Goggles - 1080P Immersive FPV Package:
The following is covered by the manufacturer's warranty. For full details about Expo Drone's and the manufacturer's shipping, returns and warranty policies, please visit our Store Policies page:
Main Controller: 12 Months
Optical Module: 6 Months
Battery: 6 Months
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Expo Drone does not offer warranties of any kind on products. All warranties are manufacturer warranties. Any problems you may experience with your drone products must be addressed with the manufacturer.
At Expo Drone, we strive to process and ship your order as quickly as possible. Most in-stock, non-custom products ship within 2 business days (Mon-Fri excluding shipping holidays). In the rare event that a non-custom order takes more than 2 business days to ship, we will notify you.
These rules for shipping, returns and refunds apply to most products sold on this website except for crash warranties. Once a drone has shipped and a crash warranty # has been generated and emailed to you, crash warranties cannot be canceled or refunded in whole or part.
Order Changes
If you need to make any changes to your order, please do so immediately. We try to get orders processed and shipped as quickly as possible. Once an order's status has been marked as "Awaiting Tracking Number" it is too late to stop the order. It could be anywhere from already packaged to on the truck when you receive an email with the "Awaiting Tracking Number" order status. Any cancellations made after an order is marked as "Awaiting Tracking Number" will incur a 10% restocking fee.
No Address Changes Allowed
In order to help prevent fraud, we do not allow address changes to an order nor will we allow a package to be held for pickup at the shipping company's facility. If you place an order and need to change the delivery address, you must immediately request that the original order be canceled and then re-visit the website and place a new order. Obviously, once an order has been marked as "Awaiting Tracking Number" or "Fulfilled" (which means it has already been processed through our warehouse and shipped), there is no way to cancel the order nor change its delivery address.
Signature Required Delivery
All items shipped by Expo Drone require a signature for delivery. Please be sure that someone is at the shipping destination to receive and sign for your package(s) on the delivery date indicated through your tracking number. It is your responsibility to arrange for another delivery if nobody is available to sign for the package at time of delivery. It is also the customer's responsibility to ensure that the person signing for a package at their property is someone authorized to sign for the package. If someone signs for a package at your property, it is considered delivered. In order to mitigate fraud, under no circumstances will we have a package held for pickup at the shipping company nor will we re-route a package to another delivery address.
Expo Drone is only responsible for products up to the time that they are received by the shipping company and title to the package's contents is transferred to the buyer the moment the package is received by the shipping company. Any problems that arise after the package has been received by the shipping company need to be addressed with the shipping company.
Undeliverable Packages
If for any reason, a package cannot be delivered, the customer is responsible for our costs to ship the package and any additional costs associated with the delivery, re-delivery attempts and return shipment to us as well as a 10% re-stocking fee. This is true even if the customer received "free" shipping (shipping is only free for products that are delivered and not returned).
Refusal of Delivery: If a package is refused for delivery, outside of arriving damaged or in a damaged box, the customer will be responsible for actual shipping charges incurred by Expo Drone. Once we receive the package back in the warehouse, we will issue a credit to the original form of payment for the purchase price less the actual shipping cost of shipping the package to you. This shipping charge will apply even if you were not originally charged shipping under a free shipping promotion. In addition, there is a 10% restocking fee for all returned orders.
Incorrect Shipping Address Provided: Packages that are returned to us because of an incorrect address provided by the customer will be subject to additional shipping charges as well as a restocking fee of 10%. This shipping charge will apply even if you were not originally charged shipping under a free shipping promotion. Requests for packages to be reshipped will have the restocking fee waived but will be subject to a reshipping fee.
Expo Drone only accepts "buyer's remorse" returns of unopened packages within 10 days of the order date. We do not accept returns for drone products that are not working - that is a warranty issue that you need to contact the manufacturer about. Once a package is opened, all issues must be addressed with the manufacturer.
For "buyer's remorse" returns, please notify us within 10 days of the order date of your intention to return an unopened package in order to receive a return authorization from us and instructions on where to ship the package (we do not accept return shipments at our corporate offices). We do not accept "buyer's remorse" returns after 10 days of the order date, regardless of reason - even if it took more than 10 days for you to receive it. Any packages that are returned without a return authorization will be refused and the customer will be responsible for the return shipping back to them, as well.
There is a 10% processing fee on all returned orders. In addition, customers are responsible for the cost of returning packages to us as well as our original cost to ship the package to you, whether you received "free shipping" or not. In other words, shipping is only free to customers who keep their purchases. Refunds will be processed in the amount of the original order, less a 10% re-stocking fee, less our actual shipping costs to get the product(s) to you.
CPS Drone Protection
Once a drone has been marked as "Fulfilled", CPS Drone Protection Warranties cannot be canceled. There are no refunds whatsoever on drone protection policies, regardless of the reason.


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The City supports it's current and prospective small businesses. For those looking to start a business in Sierra Madre, you will find useful information in the left-side menu, but should also contact the Planning and Community Preservation Department, Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 2:00pm in person or by calling 626-355-7138.
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The thing about internet marketing is that there is no "one right way" to solve a single problem. So much of the advice and commentary about content optimization for search engines at conferences and on blogs is tactical. Five tips for this and 10 ways to do that. We do it too, because people that are new or just dipping their toe into the stream of internet marketing knowledge need information packaged in an easy to understand and actionable format.
Between the changes and improvements that happen on search engines, adoption of new web technologies/applications and changes in the way people use search, tactical advice can get outdated pretty quickly.


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Happy 4th of July Everyone!!
Here is a fun card to share with you for the 4th of July!!
I pulled out this punch art card inspired by Vicki Burdick - it's an oldie but goodie from 2010!
I revamped it with Blueberry Bushel for my base and birdies
Punches used: 1 3/8" Circle for the bodies
Photo Corner Punch for the tail feathers and beak (Delightful Dijon) - any yellow will do but I am using up some retired papers
1/4" Circle punch for the eyes - except I used some half beads that I made years ago from pearler beads.
Legs are just narrow strips of black
Large Star punch embossed with the dotted embossing folder and highlighted with whisper white ink that I just dragged across the raised dots.
I sponged the heart, the red stripes and the birdies with Blueberry Bushel
I sponged the 4 x 5 1/4 Whisper White with Real Red
The Real Red strips are 3/4" (except for the one on the bottom that I trimmed off.
My USA was cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper using the Little Letters Dies
I hope you enjoy these cute little patriotic birdies!!
Have a wonderful day celebrating the freedoms that we so enjoy!!
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Obama administration officials are debating whether or not a study should be launched which would lead to injecting healthy children with the anthrax vaccine in an experiment to "see whether the shots would safely protect them against a bioterrorism attack."
Of course the safety of the anthrax vaccine has been questioned in the past by health professionals and the former Senate Majority Leader — also a physician. That is why the Obama administration is using the threat of bioterrorism as a method of getting the public to submit to the study through fear.
The administration had mainstream health officials touting the vaccine as a way to 'protect' the children from the threat of bioterrorism.
"At the end of the day, do we want to wait for an attack and give it to millions and millions of children and collect data at that time?" said Daniel B. Fagbuyi of Children's National Medical Center in Washington, who chaired the group. "Or do we want to say: 'How do we best protect our children?' We can take care of Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle and Auntie. But right now, we have nothing for the children."
Evidence shows the anthrax vaccine is dangerous
Daniel B. Fagbuyi portrays the study as a necessary means of protecting the children, but evidence shows the anthrax vaccine is actually quite dangerous — not 'protective' as the Obama administration officials make it out to be. In 2001 when letters containing anthrax were mailed to several congressional leaders, former Senate Majority Leader and physician Bill Frist spoke out against the shot. He told CNN:
"There are very real and potentially serious side effects from the vaccine and anyone who elects to receive the vaccine needs to be made aware of that. I do not recommend widespread inoculation. There are too many side effects and if there is limited chance of exposure- the side effects would far outweigh any potential advantage."
In a 2007 report by the CDC in conjunction with theVaccine Healthcare Centers of the Department of Defense and the watchdog group Government Accountability found that "between 1 and 2 percent" of vaccinated military personnel experienced "severe adverse events, which could result in disability or death."
Between 2001 and 2004, the FDA Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) received 4,136 spontaneous adverse event reports: 347 (8.4%) were reported as serious.
Serious adverse events include: death, hospitalization, permanent disability, or are life-threatening. There were 16 deaths.
If the anthrax vaccine is to bested on children, perhaps it should be tested on the children of those who are calling for the study. The Obama administration should be willing to inject their own children with the anthrax vaccine if they are so confident that the test is necessary. Ignoring the warnings of physicial Bill Frist and the 2007 CDC report, government officials are now calling for your children to be injected with the anthrax vaccine in order to 'protect' against bioterrorism, so why wouldn't they want their own children to be protected? Perhaps it has to do with monetary incentive.
On May 2, 2011, mega corporation Emergent Biosolutions announced that the federal governmentwould be purchasing 3.42 million doses of the anthrax vaccine to add to the civilian anthrax vaccine stockpile. Emergent Biosolutions was formerly known as Bioport, the manufacturer of Biothrax, which is the only anthrax vaccine approved by the FDA.
The purchase adds about $101 million to the overall contact for the DHHS' anthrax stockpile, boosting the value to about $500 million. The company has made $2.4 billion since 2004 alone, which could climb to over $2 billion if the government purchases the 75 million doses it said it needed. This purchase is in addition to the military anthrax vaccine stockpile.
In fact, the Washington Business Journal reports that Emergent generates the majority of its profits from federal public health agencies.
'Emergent proudly supports the U.S. government's efforts and unwavering commitment to meet its stated need of 75 million doses of anthrax vaccines,' said Fuad El-Hibri, chairman and chief executive officer of Emergent BioSolutions. 'This contract is an indication that BioThrax remains a critical component of the government's arsenal of biodefense medical countermeasures. In addition to this contract modification, we are continuing discussions with the U.S. government regarding a follow-on procurement contract, which we anticipate will cover a multi-year period.
Emergent Biosolutions also secured a $186.6 million contract for a recombinant protein antigen to combat anthrax and a $28.7 million contract for a third-generation vaccine.
The question is how did Emergent Biosolutions manage to obtain such profitable US government contracts for the anthrax vaccine?
According to political analyst Scott Lilly:
The Emergant model extracts contracts from the US government at exorbitant high profit margins, compared to the cost of manufacture. The vaccine vials expire after 3-4 years, requiring continuous replenishment–guaranteeing sales of at least $100 million / year to the manufacturer for the foreseeable future. However the expenditure throws taxpayer money into a black hole.
Is the DHHS pushing the dangerous anthrax vaccine just to justify vaccine profits?
The history of US health and vaccine trials is so unnerving that President Obama has described one such event as 'shocking,' 'tragic,' and 'reprehensible'. Obama made these statements in October of 2010, when he apologized to Guatemala for tests conducted during the 1940s that deliberately infected 700 prisoners with syphilis to examine the effects. The researchers went so far as to pour the syphilis-causing bacteria onto the bodies of prisoners with skin abrasions. Another method involved forcing the prisoners to sleep with prostitutes.
The 40-year long Tuskegee experiments were another gruesome 'experiment' of the United States government. In order to perform the study, the US Public Health Service withheld syphilis treatment from infected black men to measure the effects of the disease. Again, this took place over a 40 year period.
As you can see, the anthrax vaccine is controversial for a reason. It is a risky, dangerous, and even deadly vaccine that has a questionable history going as far back as its production.
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Merchants of Despair
Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism
Part of our New Atlantis Books series. Buy online today! (Amazon, Barnes & Noble)
Excerpt 1: "The Population Control Holocaust"
Excerpt 2: "The Truth About DDT and Silent Spring"
There was a time when humanity looked in the mirror and saw something precious, worth protecting and fighting for — indeed, worth liberating. But now we are beset on all sides by propaganda promoting a radically different viewpoint. According to this idea, human beings are a cancer upon the Earth, a species whose aspirations and appetites are endangering the natural order. This is the core of antihumanism.
Merchants of Despair traces the pedigree of this ideology and exposes its deadly consequences in startling and horrifying detail. The book names the chief prophets and promoters of antihumanism over the last two centuries, from Thomas Malthus through Paul Ehrlich and Al Gore. It exposes the worst crimes perpetrated by the antihumanist movement, including eugenics campaigns in the United States and genocidal anti-development and population-control programs around the world.
Combining riveting tales from history with powerful policy arguments, Merchants of Despair provides scientific refutations to antihumanism's major pseudo-scientific claims, including its modern tirades against nuclear power, pesticides, population growth, biotech foods, resource depletion, industrial development, and, most recently, fear-mongering about global warming. Merchants of Despair exposes this dangerous agenda and makes the definitive scientific and moral case against it.
Interviews with Robert Zubrin
- The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)
- The Dennis Prager Show
- InstaVision (Pajamas Media)
- Point of View [audio]
- The Arena with Michael Coren (Sun News)
- Catholic News Agency
- Power Hour (Center for Industrial Progress)
- Butler on Business (WAFX)
- Walking a Thin Line with Mike Gault
- FrontPage Magazine
- The Mike Rosen Show (KOA)
- The Austrian AV Club
- Reason TV
- Terry Lovell (KYCA)
- The Savage Nation [audio]
- American Enterprise Institute Book Forum
- The Conversation
- The Objective Standard
- The Source (Sun News)
- Aleteia
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- Contrepoints (French-translated excerpt: parts 2 and 3)
- Al Jazeera
— Steven W. Mosher
— S. Fred Singer
— Jay Lehr
— Gregory Benford
— Vincent Carroll
"A terrific read!"
— Glenn H. Reynolds
"Merchants of Despair is a compelling book that challenges some current ideas and programs of importance. Robert Zubrin raises some excellent questions that need honest answers."
— Donald F. Calbreath
"Zubrin skillfully weaves the work of Malthus, Darwin, and the fathers of eugenics together. He quickly demonstrates that these overlapping theories, when brought together, have become an ideology to rival any religious movement in the hold it exerts on its adherents. Punctuating the book are excellent explanations of pertinent scientific details.... The book is well-written, fast-paced, and suitable for non-academic readers. It is also extensively footnoted. It may be profoundly depressing until you realize that the first step to fixing any problem is to acknowledge the problem."
— Brian London
"Robert Zubrin is making an unpopular case. In his new book, Merchants of Despair, he argues that one of the great fears of the last century — overpopulation — is not just a hoax, but a vehicle for unspeakable human cruelty.... Zubrin shows how the overpopulation movement went from the fringes of American society to being a cause of our elites, and finally became a matter of official policy for the government.... Zubrin's book makes clear that the only thing dangerous about overpopulation is the actions which have been taken in its name."
— Jonathan V. Last
"Mr. Zubrin (a nuclear engineer, science buff and contributor to The New Atlantis, a magazine of common sense concerning these issues) traces antihumanism to the inkwell of the Rev. Thomas Malthus, ordained clergyman of the Church of England, who startled early-19th-century contemporaries with the news that population would soon outrun food supply. It clearly didn't, but we can see where his gospel of exhaustion has led.... Possibly the strongest chapters in this Tomahawk missile of a book are those dealing with population control, meaning, of course, forced population control under color of making the world a more comfortable place for the controllers."
— William Murchison
"Zubrin's probing cast of mind, willingness to question conventional truths of some supposedly scientific movements, and engineer's capacity for testing propositions give him formidable reach.... Zubrin proceeds to demolish many of the most popular pseudoscientific creeds of the last two centuries."
— Joseph Wood
"As Robert Zubrin shows in his valuable survey Merchants of Despair, antihumanism's reductive view of human nature has underpinned movements like eugenics, population control, and radical environmentalism, all of which have been eager to sacrifice human life and well-being to achieve their dubious utopias.... He shows an engineer's sharp eye for things as they are and a scientist's respect for the limits of knowledge, especially as regards various pseudoscientific fads.... As Zubrin meticulously documents, the obsession with overpopulation has led to attacks on the economic and technological development that represents the best hope for improving human life around the globe."
— Bruce S. Thornton
"By bringing [several movements] together in one book and covering their history, philosophy, interconnectedness, and horrific consequences, Zubrin provides a unique and valuable resource. The Holocaust did happen. Population control efforts continue. The 'natural food-only' movement is causing starvation and disease around the world as you read. We still suffer from the stoppage of nuclear power development. Millions of people have died from malaria and West Nile virus due to the ban on DDT. Antihumanists abound, and they are killing as efficiently as ever. This book is an eye opener. I highly recommend it."
— Ted Gray
"It is a book that any Catholic who defends the value of the human person should not only read, but also underline and study. To defeat the enemy, you must know the enemy. Zubrin reveals the enemy and documents it in a little more than 300 readable pages. Zubrin is a rocket scientist (literally!). And so his book is driven by data, not emotion.... The pro-life struggle is part of a bigger struggle for the future of humanity, and Zubrin's book shows how the pieces of the puzzle fit together."
— Connie Marshner
Talks about Merchants of Despair
Robert Zubrin is available to give talks about the book. His charts are available here. To arrange a talk, contact Dr. Zubrin at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Melissa McCarthy emerged as the secret weapon in "Bridesmaids," coming out of nowhere to go over-the-top whenever the move started to lose steam. It's a performance that's quickly paying dividends.
McCarthy has joined the cast of Judd Apatow's next film, a spin-off of "Knocked Up," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will star Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd respiring their roles from the 2007 comedy.
She'll play the mother of a kid--to be played by Ryan Lee, the pyromaniac from "Super 8"--who goes to the same school as Mann and Rudd's kids. Albert Brooks and Megan Fox are also said to have roles in the film.
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If you haven't seen the outtakes from "Bridesmaids" over at Funny or Die, which feature about 30 seconds of McCarthy riffing on bridal party ideas, you should check 'em out, but be warned they are wildly profane.


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Almond Cream Cheese Crinkles – SO good! Only 6 ingredients – Cake mix, egg, butter, almond extract, cream cheese and powdered sugar. Took these to a cookie swap and everyone raved about them. One of my favorite Christmas cookies. SO easy and SO delicious!
It's December, and I have Christmas cookies on my mind. This might be my new favorite cookie. These are so simple, but so delicious. I have to warn you, these cookies are not low-cal. They have a block of cream cheese and a stick of butter in them.
These cookies use cake mix as the base and only take minutes to make. The dough needs to refrigerate overnight or at least several hours. It will be too sticky if you don't refrigerate it. They are delicious and very addictive. Chicken Legs recommends waiting to eat the cookies until they are completely cool (he did an unscientific test – for the blog). These are a new holiday tradition at our house!
Almond Cream Cheese Crinkles
1 box Golden Butter cake mix
1 egg
1 stick butter, softened
1 tsp almond extract
8-oz cream cheese, softened
- powdered sugar
In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, egg, almond extract, cream cheese and butter with a hand-held mixer. Cover dough and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 325ºF.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls and coat in powdered sugar.
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Sri Lanka safari visiting the famous Wilpattu and Yala.
16 days from £3240*
We all like something for free, don't we?
Wildlife Trails has listened to its clients over the last few years and come up with a couple of freebies which we hope will make that special trip just a little sweeter!
Firstly, we send all our clients a book relevant to the destination they are traveling to. So for example, every client who has visited India with us since 1999 has received either a mammal or bird identification book for the country. For our new clients, we are offering the opportunity for them to either select a book from our 'recommended reading list', or choose their own particular favourite up to a value of £20 per trip (1 or 2 travelers) or two books for a group of four or more.
Secondly, we provide a free local sim card to all our travelers (one or each group) to use when they are traveling in their destination country. This card will be pre-loaded with an amount of approximately £20 credit. We recognise that many people traveling may be concerned about older relatives or loved ones, so this service allows them to keep in touch, without the shock of a large bill on their return home. Please note, this local sim will only work with unlocked mobiles.
Pssst… pass it on
If you like what we do, tell someone! Spread the word and you'll also be entered into our monthly prize draw.
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We will be open November 22nd for the 2019 Christmas Season!
The Original old fashioned Christmas tradition.
Christmas attraction in Eastern North Carolina!!!
No Admission!!!
The Meadow Lights is the largest and oldest Christmas light show in
Eastern North Carolina. We are a Family owned and operated business
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Train Tickets......$3.00 per person
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For all ages!
Our newest attraction is a 16 horse carousel. Just like the train, this ride is for all ages. The carousel is enclosed and will operate rain or shine.
Tickets.......$2.00 per person
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Santa visits us nightly and is available to take pictures or to talk to children through December 24th when he returns to the North Pole.
Pictures........$6.00 (no personal cameras allowed, thanks)
We will be making concessions available starting Thanksgiving night.
Concessions include:
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The welding jobs to my Willys Wagon have been completed. Unfortunately I have one part left over now and I can not track where exactly this bracket was welded. I hope someone can help me further and recognize the bracket. Thanks in advance for a response.
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The content of this report will be updated with the latest scenarios based on the global COVID-19 Pandemic
Verdict Retail's, "Global Retail Sales of Department Stores: Market Size, Growth and Forecast to 2020" provides detailed historic and forecast statistics on retails sales from 2010 to 2020 taking place at "Department Stores" for each category at country and segment level. The segment level analytics are provided for the following product categories: (where applicable)
Apparel, accessories, luggage and leather goods
Books, news and stationery
Electrical and electronics
Food and grocery
Furniture and floor coverings
Health and beauty
Home and garden products
Music, video and entertainment software
Sports and leisure equipment
Verdict Retail categorizes "Department Stores" as multi-Channel retailers, focusing primarily on non-grocery categories with distinct departments specializing in defined product areas.
"Global Retail Sales of Department Stores: Market Size, Growth and Forecast to 2020" report is the result of Verdict Retail's extensive market research covering the retail industry in Global. The report acts as an essential tool for companies active across the Global'S retail industry and for new players considering entering the market. The comprehensive statistics within the report provides insight into the operating environment of the market and also ensures right business decision making based on historical trends and industry model based forecasting.
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Verdict Retail's, "Global Retail Sales of Department Stores: Market Size, Growth and Forecast to 2020" is a comprehensive market review of retails sales taking place at Department Stores across Global. The report further provides retail sales values split by product categories and their associated segments. (Wherever applicable)
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Scott Brown delivers farewell speech to Senate
Elizabeth Warren takes office in January
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is saying goodbye to his fellow senators after three years in Congress.
Brown, who lost his re-election bid to Democrat Elizabeth Warren, gave a farewell speech on the Senate floor Wednesday.
Brown thanked Massachusetts voters for letting him represent them and said he kept his promise to vote on issues based on their individual merits rather than partisan politics.
The Republican also pointed to several bills he helped push through, including legislation to ban insider trading by members of Congress and a measure designed to help returning veterans find work.
Brown gave no indication of his future political plans, but said he was concerned about the sharp partisan divisions in Washington.
Brown will continue to serve in the Senate until Warren is sworn in next month.


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The best camping spots around Auckland
Did you know that some of the North Island's most beautiful camping spots are within an hour's drive of Auckland's CBD? It's one of Auckland's best kept secrets! There are camp sites close to rugged surf as well as safe swimming beaches, most set against a back drop of lush native bush. The favourite Auckland campgrounds are managed by the Auckland Council. Over the years, they have acquired vast tracts of private land that have been turned into parks for everyone to enjoy.
South East: Tapapakanga Regional Park
If you're considering visiting the Miranda Seabird Coast, this park is a great place to stay on route. Tapapakanga is located on the East Coast, south of Auckland, at the entrance to the Firth of Thames.
There are two camp grounds to choose from—one on the ridge top overlooking the ocean and the other, absolute beachfront. Tapapakanga has significance for both Maori and Pakeha—there are two large Pa sites in the area and a wonderful Kauri homestead built by an early colonial family. The beach is safe for swimming and there are many mountain bike and walking tracks to explore during your stay.
North: Wenderholm Regional Park
This easily accessible park is great for day trips as well as overnight camping if you're thinking of heading north. Wenderholm is surrounded by water, making it very popular with kayakers and swimmers in the summer months. If you're visiting the park in December, you'll get to enjoy the New Zealand Christmas tree—the Pohutakawa—in full bloom on a scale not seen in many parts of the country. A truly magnificent sight!
After dark, glow worms and weta's come alive along the many walking tracks throughout the park—take a night bush walk if you dare and experience these unique New Zealand creatures up close.
The camp ground is located near an estuary and a short walk from the overnight car park. Although this park is busy during daylight hours, it's normally a lovely quiet spot to spend the night.
West: Waitakere Ranges Regional Park
Karekare is a coastal community within this park and is one of the most spectacular beaches in New Zealand. It was the stage for one of our most well known films, The Piano.
At the entrance to the beach are two campsites—one easily accessible next to the roadside, the other a short walk from the car park on route to the beach. Karekare is not as easy to find as Piha which partly accounts for its low profile—most people 'discover' Karekare either by accident or through the recommendation of friends. It's reached by turning off the main route to Piha onto a narrow descending road that leads to Karekare and eventually loops back to the main road.
An overnight stay at Karekare is an experience you'll never forget—a wild surf beach on one side with native bush all around. Bliss!
What sort of facilities will I find in these parks?
The facilities at all Auckland Regional Parks are basic so you'll need to be self sufficient. While many parks have coin operated barbeques, we recommend you take your own gas cooker if you don't want to miss out on a hot meal—over the summer months, large groups can book out the picnic areas in advance (Wenderholm is a very popular spot for day time picnics and early evening barbeques).
There are public toilets available at all parks and some—but not all—have shower facilities (of course, there's always the beach!).
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Lackland training chief is ousted
An Air Force colonel was relieved of his command Friday amid a growing sex scandal involving basic training instructors and recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
Col. Glenn Palmer lost command of the 737th Training Group, which trains more than 35,000 airmen a year at Lackland.
He was removed by Col. Eric Axelbank, commander of the 37th Training Wing at Lackland.
The San Antonio Express-News was told Axelbank "lost confidence" in Palmer, a point man in the base's efforts to identify and remove instructors who may have been involved in sexual relationships with recruits, many of them in basic training.
He also has worked to protect recruits from similar incidents.
Palmer is the second Lackland commander to be relieved in a scandal that has seen 15 instructors fall under investigation.
Lt. Col. Mike Paquette lost his job June 20 as commander of the 331st Training Squadron after Axelbank also lost confidence in his continued leadership. The Air Force has listed 38 trainees as victims.
Axelbank, the wing's commander for just over a year, will leave his command for a Pentagon job Sept. 4.
Collen McGee, a spokeswoman for the 37th Training Wing, said Axelbank is not being forced out as a result of the scandal.
"Changes of command happen in leadership sometimes in one year, sometimes in two years," she said. "There's not a set time on when they change."
The Air Force launched an investigation into instructor misconduct after former Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker was accused 13 months ago of having illicit sexual contact with 10 female recruits.
Walker was given 20 years in prison July 21 for his role in the scandal, which included having intercourse with four women in basic training.
Another trainer, former Staff Sgt. Peter Vega Maldonado, cut a plea bargain with prosecutors that gave him three months in jail and 30 days hard labor for having sex with one trainee.
In return, he promised to testify against two other instructors he befriended while all were under investigation.
Later, in an evidentiary hearing for one of them, Vega dropped a bombshell, telling the court he actually had improper relationships with 10 women.
The Air Force has yet to say just what Vega did.
Not all of the women were involved in sexual relationships. Some instructors violated Air Education and Training Command rules forbidding social media contact with trainees.
A former Air Force basic training instructor, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Smith, was given 30 days in jail Aug. 2 and reduction in rank to airman first class, a penalty that will permit him to stay in the service.
He was convicted of trying to start a romance with a 19-year-old trainee and having an unprofessional relationship with a second recruit.
Jurors cleared him of charges of obstruction of justice and making sexual advances toward the woman.
Trainees under Smith's command testified he hid them in the back seat of his car and drove them to a house off base, where they were joined by a fellow instructor, Master Sgt. Jamey Crawford.
Crawford, who's charged with having sex with another recruit at the home, goes on trial Sept. 5.
The investigations started last summer shortly after Palmer and Axelbank took command. Air Force officials repeatedly have said both worked to counter the problem once they became aware of it.
Palmer in November started addressing recruits in their first week of basic training, telling them, "You are my neighborhood watch" and urging the trainees to report any instructors who make sexual advances toward them.
Palmer and Axelbank also reviewed security measures that would include more locks on doors, security cameras around dormitories and ensuring two noncommissioned officers are on charge-of-quarters duty — a job that requires the NCOs to ensure the safety of recruits.
They also recently decided that one woman trainer will meet at least once a week with all female flights to act as a role model for the young airmen.
"The decision to remove Col. Palmer is a part of Col. Axelbank's deliberate effort to fit the right leadership with the 737th Training Group in order to move forward in light of the continuing investigation," said McGee, the wing spokeswoman.
"Col. Palmer did not create the environment that resulted in the misconduct," she continued. "But Col. Axelbank wants a different leader to implement the changes that will be needed in basic military training."


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Francis Marion Burkhalter, the eldest son of Isaac Burkhalter, Jr. and Marentha Sirmans, was born December 3, 1886 in Rays Mill (now Ray City, GA). His father, Isaac Burkhalter, Jr (1863 – 1918) was a farmer of Ray's Mill, with a 50 acre farm on Lot No. 422, 10th District. His grandfather, Captain Isaac Burkhalter, was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg while in command of Company G "Clinch Volunteers", 50th Georgia Regiment. His mother, Marentha Sirmans, was a daughter of Benjamin J. Sirmans and Nancy A. Shaw.
Francis excelled at studies. He attended the Atlanta College of Medicine, and by the age of 22 had completed a degree in Medicine. He returned to Ray City and set up practice in 1909, joining the other medical professionals of Berrien County.
On Sunday, April 23, 1911, F. M. Burkhalter and Mattie H. Griffin were married by Judge W. D. Buie. Mattie and her cousin Mary Griffin operated a millinery store in Nashville, GA. She was a daughter of Kiziah Lenora Knight and Elbert J. Griffin, granddaughter of John and Sarah Knight, and grandniece of General Levi J. Knight.
That September, 1911, Dr. Burkhalter moved his practice to Howell, GA, about 24 miles southeast of Ray City ( 13 miles due east of Valdosta) in Echols County. A drugstore at Howell was operated by Benjamin Franklin Rentz, brother of Dr. Lyman U. Rentz who later practiced medicine at Ray City, GA.
In the spring of 1913, a son was born to Francis Marion and Mattie Griffin Burkhalter, April 11, 1913. But tragically the infant died that same day. Francis and Mattie took their baby home to Ray City to be buried at Beaver Dam Cemetery.
After two years in Howell, Burkhalter returned to Ray City to resume his practice there. The Medical Association of Georgia places Dr. F. M. Burkhalter at Ray City in 1917, along with Dr. Lawson S. Rentz. The Nashville doctors at that time were Dr. William Carl Rentz and Dr. Guy Selman, formerly of Ray City. Reuben Nathaniel Burch was a doctor at Milltown.
On June 5, 1917, Francis Marion Burkhalter and his brothers, William Thomas Burkhalter and John Allen Burkhalter, all completed their registration for the draft for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, their registration cards being completed by Lyman Franklin Giddens and Charles Oscar Terry. William Thomas Burkhalter had returned to Berrien County to register for the draft. At the time he was working in Jacksonville, FL as a salesman for the John G. Christopher Company. John Allen Burkhalter went on to become a veterinarian and lived in Ray City for many years.
F. M.Burkhalter's physical description was given as age 30, medium height and build, with blue eyes and brown hair.
With America's entry into World War I, Dr. Burkhalter was called into service, along with many other men of Berrien County. Dr. Lawson Rentz went to Camp Wheeler, then to the Embarkation Service in New Jersey. Dr. Guy Selman was sent to Camp Jackson, SC. Dr. Gordon DeVane was busy treating the victims of Spanish Influenza at home in Berrien County; he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corp, but died before he was deployed. In the summer of 1918 William T. Burkhalter, brother of Francis M. Burkhalter, entered the Veterinary Corps and served with Veterinary Hospital #16.
Dr. F.M. Burkhalter entered active service on March 25, 1918. He was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, then by July 19, 1918 he shipped overseas to France with the American Expeditionary Force as a 1st Lieutenant in the Medical Corps. Dr. Burkhalter was with the medical detachment of the 50th Engineers, serving in the Defensive Sector and in the Meuse-Argonne campaign.
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was launched late on the night of September 25, 1918. American reinforcements in transit to Europe included hundreds of Georgia soldiers, dozens from Berrien County, who went down with the ill-fated troopship HMS Otranto off the coast of Islay, Scotland on October 6, 1918. Among the Otranto dead were Ray City residents Ralph Knight, and Shellie Lloyd Webb.
Arriving U.S. reinforcements were strengthening the Allied advance, but by this time the influenza epidemic was also beginning to spreading across the battlefields. Sammie Mixon of Allenville, GA, who was fighting in the Meuse-Argonne with Company "H", 18th Regiment, First Division, was wounded in action and died from pneumonia a few days later. Bill Sapp died of bronchial pneumonia on October 6, 1918. Levi D. Clements of Ray City, serving with the 64th Artillery CAC contracted influenza and broncho-pneumonia and died October 11, 1918. In the early morning hours of October 8, 1918 Isaac R. Boyett, of Adel, GA was fighting with Company C, 328th Infantry in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive near the the French town of La Forge when he was severely wounded by machine gun fire. Later that same day, Boyett's regimental mate, Alvin C. York, earned the Medal of Honor for his actions in capturing 132 German soldiers at the village of Châtel-Chéhéry. Boyett died of his wounds two days later. Carlie Lawson also fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest with Company G, 11th Infantry; he returned from the war and lived to be 100 years old. Rossie O. Knight, of Ray City, served with Company C, 1st Division Ammunition Train in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive; he was gassed during the war and never fully recovered.
Shortly after the Meuse-Argonne Offensive was launched Dr. Burkhalter became a patient himself, contracting lobar pneumonia probably as a secondary infection resulting from influenza. He was apparently admitted to Base Hospital No. 15, located at Chaumont, France, about 160 miles east of Paris.
F. M. Burkhalter died at Base Hospital No. 15, Chaumont, France, on October 8, 1918. Of the 4,743,826 U.S. troops serving in WWI, 34,446 died from influenza-pneumonia and another 28,794 died of other diseases or accidents, totaling more than the 53,513 who died as a result of battle.
It was November 4, 1918 before Mattie Burkhalter would be informed of her husband's death.
The Nashville Herald,
Friday, November 8, 1918
Dr. F.M. Burkhalter Died in France Oct. 8
A telegram from the War Department, received by Mrs. F.M. Burkhalter, of Nashville Monday, announced the sad news of the death of her husband, Lieut. Frances Marion Burkhalter. Dr. Burkhalter left for France last July, arriving at his destination "somewhere in France" on July 20th. The telegram stated that he died of lobar pneumonia on the eighth of October.
The news came as a great shock to Mrs. Burkhalter, who before her marriage, was Miss Mattie Griffin, a daughter of the late Rev. Elbert Griffin, and was the climax to a long series of trying experiences. For several weeks she has been in Ray City ill with influenza and during this time her deceased husband's father, Dr. Isaac Burkhalter, has died, while Mrs. Burkhalter, Sr., is even now so ill with pneumonia that she is not expected to live.
The telegram containing the news of her husband's death reached her Monday upon her arrival in Nashville from Ray City. She was one her way to Albany to make her home with her mother, Mrs. Griffin.
Dr. and Mrs. Burkhalter were married about eight years ago and until the fall of 1917 they lived in Ray City, where Dr. Burkhalter practiced medicine. Moving to Nashville, he practiced here until the call of his country came and he left to join the colors last spring. He was 32 years of age.
Besides his wife are surviving him his mother, two sisters and one brother at home and one brother, Lieut. W.T. Burkhalter, who has just arrived in Siberia where he serves.
Transcription courtesy of Skeeter Parker
The WWI service record of Francis Marion Burkhalter documents his entry into the Medical Corps, deployment to France, death and burial.
He was buried in the American Cemetery at Chaumont, France, about 160 miles east of Paris. His was one of about 573 American graves at Chaumont.
"…the shady road to Neufchateau, curv[es] down the long hillside into the valley of the Marne. At the foot of the hill is the mossy wall surrounding St. Aignan's Cemetery, with the facade and tower of the ancient church, as old as St. Jean's itself, half hidden behind the tombstones and the trees growing among them. Beside the wall a by-road leads down toward the Marne where, on a sheltered little plateau above the stream, lies a spot more sacred to the soldiers from the New World than any other in Chaumont—the American Military Cemetery.
Slumbering in the deep peace of the valley, here lie buried 545 officers and soldiers of the United States Army and among them a few faithful nurses and welfare workers. Some of them died in the camps in and around Chaumont but most of them of wounds or disease at Base Hospital 15. The location and surroundings of the cemetery are most appealing. Close beside the parish cemetery it lies, the shadow of St. Aignan's stretching across it in the afternoon and the soft tones of her bell floating over it at matins and vespers. Here, with the peculiar tenderness of the French for the places of the dead, come often the people of Chaumont, impartially bestowing their attentions upon these graves of allies and upon St. Aignan's sepulchres; planting and tending the flowers around the mounds or hanging upon the white crosses at their heads some of those pathetic funeral wreaths of beadwrought flowers and leaves which are the universal tokens of mourning in the cemeteries of France. How much better that they should lie there forever, marshaled with the comrades of their faith and watched over by the kindred people to whose aid they came in the hour of bitter need, than that their dust should be exhumed and sent across the ocean to be scattered in the private cemeteries of city and village and countryside, inevitably to be at last neglected and forgotten! For here they may rest, as the dead in America's other war cemeteries in France may rest, still active factors for the good of the world as everlasting symbols of the union of free peoples in a high cause. Certainly to Chaumont, knowing scarcely a single American before the great war, the cemetery beside St. Aignan's is a bond of sympathy with the people and the institutions of the United States more strong and abiding than the most imposing monument.
So, as the lights twinkle out among the trees of the hilltop city and evening with its deep peace comes down over the valley where the fragrance of wild flowers and mown fields drifts above the serried graves and the waters of the immortal Marne whisper at their feet, let us leave both Chaumont and them, assured that here among the hills of the High Marne, fallen comrades and living friends have together reared a shrine to which the feet of Americans will come generations after the last soldier of the World War shall have received his discharge from the armies of earth.
– Joseph Mill Hampton ~ The Marne: Historic and Picturesque
By 1920, Mattie Burkhalter had moved back to Ray City with her widowed mother. Her mother-in-law, Marentha Burkhalter, survived the pneumonia and continued to reside on the Burkhalter farm at Ray City. Mattie and her moter made their home next to Francis' mother and brother, John Allen "Tete" Burkhalter. After the war Tete Burkhalter became a veterinary surgeon at Ray City.
In 1919, the United States Army authorized the Victory Medal in recognition of service in World War I. Mattie Burkhalter submitted an application for a Victory Medal for her deceased husband. F. M. Burkhalter, Eugene Rudolph Knight, Leon Clyde Miller, William B. Register, Henry Watts and Rossie O. Knight were among the Ray City men receiving the award.
Despite the tender care shown the WWI dead by the town of Chaumont, France, the grieving families in America were desirous that the bodies of their loved ones should be brought home to rest. In 1921, the bodies in the American Cemetery, including the body of F. M. Burkhalter, were exhumed and returned to the States. The citizens of Chaumont erected a monument to mark the sacred ground where the fallen American soldiers had briefly rested.
Beside the road just in front of St. Aignan's chapel is the site of the American Cemetery, which lay something like two years beside the older French Parish cemetery.
The weeds and rough grass now cloaking the upheaved ground sloping down to the Marne would hardly betray to a stranger that here had been the resting place of the bodies of hundreds of brave men, most of whom died in Base Hospital No. 15, until they were removed for return to the United States or final interment in one of our permanent cemeteries in France. But with the fine delicacy of feeling, so often shown by them in such matters, the French have commemorated the fact for years to come in the dignified monument beside Neuf Chateau road which bears on its face, side by side, the Coats of Arms of the United States and of Chaumont and the legend in French:
"1917-1921. This simple stone will recall to future generations that here has been a cemetery containing the bodies of more than six hundred American soldiers who fought at our sides for right and liberty."
– Nora Elizabeth Daly ~ Memoirs of a WWI Nurse
The remains of Francis Marion Burkhalter was returned to Ray City, GA and re-interred at Beaver Dam Cemetery. In 1934, Mrs. Marentha Burkhalter applied for a military headstone to mark his final resting place.
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Credit Suisse pled guilty this week to helping more than 22,000 Americans evade taxes by stashing their cash in Swiss bank accounts — a notable event on several levels, PR included.
The deal represents the first criminal conviction of a major global bank in more than a decade. Criminal charges, it has been widely thought, are a death knell for institutions that cop to them. Credit Suisse agreed to pay $2.6 billion — the largest penalty ever in a US criminal tax case. Prosecutors huffed and puffed about how significant this plea is: US Attorney General Eric Holder warned, "No bank is too big to jail."
But…nobody's going to jail, at least nobody at the top. While the conviction generated a lot of media, the general impression is: It's not so bad. Credit Suisse wasn't forced to reveal any client names, and it can keep operating in the US. The bank's CEO told analysts he expects little business impact from the agreement. Indeed, Credit Suisse stock actually rose after the deal was announced.
No doubt the US faced a conundrum: Regulators wanted to inflict serious pain, but too harsh a penalty might be so destabilizing as to spark unintended (and unwelcome) consequences. After all, the threat of banking failures precipitated the last global recession. So they walked a line — and that's exactly how the media read it.
THE PR VERDICT: "D" (PR Problematic) for the US government, which gave its PR team little to work with.
THE PR TAKEAWAY: Actions speak louder than words. Are we really shocked, shocked, to discover that Swiss banks help people hide money? Yes, the fine is big, but even the general public has become inured to banks paying massive sums. If the US really wanted to send a message to tax evaders and the banks who love them, regulators needed to be more visible: name-and-shame clients, or put some white collars in orange jumpsuits. There's nothing like a CEO in handcuffs to really command attention.


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Editor's Note: It's not every day that you find yourself on the other side of the world. But that's the reality for Maksym, an NIU accountancy major and native Ukranian (and pictured above, at the Grand Canyon). Maksym has lived in the US for the past four years. He's an "NIU native," meaning he entered the university his freshman year. Now a senior and on the brink of graduating in May, Maksym places his focus not only on his future but equally – and more intensely – on the unfolding crisis between Ukraine and Russia. Technology serves him more as a lifeline than anything, these days. He uses it at every opportunity to check news reports, emails, and social channels reporting on the situation in Ukraine. His parents and siblings still reside there, thankfully in the northern area of the country somewhat removed from current tensions. Nonetheless, Maksym and his family remain acutely aware of the rapidly changing world around them…from both sides of the planet. I met Maksym through a chance conversation in the hallways of Barsema Hall. I happened to be carrying a sweater with embroidery that, I would soon learn, resembled the national flowers and colors of Ukraine. This prompted Maksym to introduce himself to me and from there a conversation developed about his country, the importance of a global outlook, and his experiences at NIU. Out of respect to Maksym and his family, the following interview shares Maksym's views primarily about the significance of a global outlook and his experiences at NIU.
Maksym's Long view from the other side of the Pond
Michelle: Thank you, Maksym, for going out of your way to introduce yourself to me and for agreeing to share some of your story. To begin, I'm curious to learn how you landed at NIU – all the way from the other side of the world.
Maksym: In high school in Ukraine, I began looking at universities – just like most high school kids do. But my situation was a bit different. The reason is I played tennis professionally when I was in high school. This gave me access to a powerful resource. There are companies in Ukraine and in Russia that help find universities for professional athletes who are also students. Their goal is to match the needs and interests of each athlete-student – both in terms of sports and in terms of academics. This is how I found out about NIU.
Michelle: What was it like to be a professional athlete in high school…that's such a young age. Did you travel?
Maksym: I traveled all the time. I played professional tennis in Ukraine and in Europe. Before I came to the US and NIU, I had traveled to about 15-20 countries. Travelling is something I became accustomed to. I began playing tennis at 9. I started the sport more for fun, but then I became very good at it, and later when I played professionally, I traveled a lot not only to compete but also to practice in different cities for a month at a time. In Ukraine where I am from there aren't many places that support professional tennis players – that's why I spent so much time travelling when I was growing up and also studying at the same time. Different cities provided practice facilities for tennis, so I had to travel there to practice. And then I also had to travel to compete.
Michelle: Sounds like a world view comes naturally to you. Did you find it difficult to fit in at any of these places? Even at NIU…was it easy or challenging or somewhere in between to fit in here?
Maksym: I am very used to being immersed in different cultures, different places, with people from all types of backgrounds. So, no, it wasn't hard at all for me to be comfortable in those different cities when I was young and practiced tennis there, or even when I competed in different countries. The hardest part was missing my family. My family stayed in Ukraine. I traveled with the professional tennis team. Those trips were very focused. I suppose I grew up fast that way in terms of, you know, having an open perspective about different places and cultures, different people. With that experience, no, it wasn't hard at all for me to fit in at NIU. Plus, I came here knowing what I was doing, what my focus was. I came here to study accountancy and I came here to play tennis. I lived in the dorms my first year here. I had a really good roommate who was also an athlete. He is majoring in law. He is from the US but he is very open-minded about different countries and different backgrounds. He became a good friend who made it easy to fit in because he wasn't at all judgmental about someone from a different country.
Michelle: If you had only one recommendation to make – to a new student or anyone, really – about travelling abroad, what would it be?
Maksym: It's really beneficial to have the proper mindset. Being open-minded to other places, other people, other experiences. It's so important to realize that there are other ways to do things, to acknowledge that people even think differently and that that's not always a bad thing. When you travel abroad, really experience the culture, even the food. For example, don't look for a McDonald's or something that you already know. Try something new.
Michelle:You're about to graduate in May? Have you been on the NIU tennis team all four years of your time here?
Maksym: I was on the NIU tennis team for three years and really enjoyed it, but I had an injury and so now I am the manager of the NIU women's team. I also want to help the university's Tennis Club.
Michelle: I'm sorry to hear about the sports injury, but I'm glad you found a way to stay involved with the sport. So you've been on a team and you're leading a team. How would you describe good leadership and a good team?
Maksym: Leaders have to be responsible. A dictator isn't a leader…they think they are but they aren't. That type of leadership style takes away from others and avoids responsibility. A good leader is responsible and helps others succeed. A good leader also stands by their word. I can tell a strong team by how good the relationships are between the people on the team. They don't necessarily have to be friends at all. But they have to trust each other. They are honest and respectful with what they say and they back up what they say. Good team members admit when they can't do something and they find help. There is a saying in my country that translates into "You live age and you learn age." It basically means you live through a period of time and while you go through life, you are always learning.
Michelle: What's been your most meaningful experience here at NIU and just in general?
Maksym: My most memorable experience at NIU is sports-related. It would definitely be winning the 2012 MAC championship for tennis. That was so awesome. (Edtior's note to readers: If you're like me and had no idea NIU got the MAC championship in tennis in 2012, check out the hyperlink to an NIU Today story on it!)
Outside of NIU, it may sound odd, I don't know, but in January of this year I traveled to Arizona.
I saw the Grand Canyon and actually stayed at the Grand Canyon overnight. It was an incredible experience seeing it. I don't know if I can put it into words. But seeing that place changed the way I see the world – in terms of what people value. I was so engrossed in the moment. I stared at a clear sunset. It was perfectly clear. It all looked so unreal. I was so engrossed I watched the light changing and the way it reflected in the canyon changing until it was completely dark and it was morning. The sunset is really almost impossible.
I've never seen that image like what I saw at the Grand Canyon anywhere. It was so quiet, so awe-inspiring that you can't help but feel yourself removed from the routine of life.
I know that experience changed me – it's difficult to phrase clearly how. How much the impact will be, I don't know yet. But I know it will be. Right now, even though I'm looking for work and hope to pursue a master of accounting science if I get a tennis scholarship or graduate assistant position, I can say the experience changed my perspective. I see the world differently now. It really made me realize how incredible things can be and how important it is to pay attention in the moment, no matter where you are.


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The estranged couple were due for a custody hearing Thursday afternoon in Northampton County Court, the latest in their dispute over their four children.
Mark W. Werkheiser, 38, didn't make it because he was dead, found shot multiple times at his Williams Township home in the morning. His former partner and mother of their children, Elizabeth Collazo, also wasn't at the hearing.
Hours after Werkheiser's body was discovered, Judge Stephen Baratta granted Werkheiser's sister and brother-in-law custody of the children, citing "the criminal circumstances surrounding father's death and mother's failure to appear at today's conference."
Baratta said the children were to be "taken into custody immediately by any police authority." They had been living with Werkheiser, according to court records and neighbors.
First Deputy District Attorney Terence Houck, the lead prosecutor on the case, declined to comment on Baratta's order, and authorities released few details about the homicide investigation.
Houck would not say whether authorities have a suspect, but added there is no reason for the public to feel in danger.
"It's not a random act, and there should be no concern on the part of the neighbors," Houck said.
Attempts to reach Collazo were unsuccessful.
According to a Northampton County 911 log, police were dispatched about 7 a.m. Thursday on an "advanced life support" call to Werkheiser's home at 850 Browns Drive, a rural road just off Morgan Hill Road. Police radio reports said there was a man with a gunshot wound to the head who was not breathing.
Houck wouldn't say whether anyone else was home at the time of the killing.
State police at Belfast said the 911 call came from the residence. They responded, along with police from neighboring Lower Saucon Township, and found Werkheiser dead inside. County Coroner Zachary Lysek arrived and pronounced Werkheiser dead at 8:55 a.m.
In ruling it's a homicide case, Lysek said Werkheiser died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Werkheiser's attorney, Richard Shiroff, said the district attorney's office told him Thursday morning that his client had been found dead. He declined to comment on any specifics about the ongoing custody dispute.
"Mark Werkheiser was a very concerned father," Shiroff said. "I'm not sure what happened, but he seemed to be a non-confrontational type of person."
Outside Werkheiser's home Thursday morning, a group of people who said they were friends and family declined to comment. They hugged each other and sobbed as investigators strung yellow police tape around the property, which has several sheds, garages and an outdoor pen with barking pug dogs.
Neighbor Brian Vanscavish said Werkheiser was a contractor and carpet installer. He said Werkheiser seemed like a dedicated father and was often outside with his children as they rode all-terrain vehicles and played in the yard.
"He seemed like someone who worked hard, always took care of his home and took care of his children," Vanscavish said.
Bob Werkheiser, Mark's uncle, said Thursday afternoon the family knew very little about what happened. He said his nephew was a loving father who worked to provide for his family.
Court records show Mark Werkheiser and Collazo were in the middle of a bitter custody dispute and had last year filed for protection-from-abuse orders against each other.
The children are twin girls age 16, and boys 13 and 10, court records show.
Thursday's hearing was scheduled after Collazo sought to modify the custody order, claiming in a Jan. 25 legal filing that the "children are being neglected, have not been taken care of properly, they live in unsanitary conditions, girls are smoking."
Collazo's filings show she wanted full physical custody of her children, complaining that Werkheiser "does not allow me to have any communication with my daughters," and that "he has not informed me of anything" going on in their lives.
The children lived with Werkheiser. Collazo got their two sons three evenings a week, and every other Saturday. She had visitation rights with the girls and agreed to attend family counseling sessions with them that Werkheiser's attorney, Shiroff, said in legal filings she was not doing.
Shiroff wrote the children's relationship with their mother was "contentious" and that she had been physically abusive to them in the past.
Among Shiroff's allegations: that Collazo had stabbed one of her daughters in the chest with a pencil, slapped the other in the face, and struck one of her sons in the back.
Collazo's latest legal filing came a day after Shiroff succeeded in getting overturned a December order that granted her custody. Shiroff said in court paperwork that his client was never notified of the December conference and believed that someone "has been removing his mail from his mailbox."
Werkheiser and Collazo filed competing protection-from-abuse petitions against each other last year.
Werkheiser claimed that in June, Collazo screamed at one their daughters, swore at her and pushed her into a dog crate, causing her to fall. Werkheiser said he had to kick in a bedroom door after Collazo locked herself inside with the girl.
Collazo's request charged that two days later, Werkheiser threatened by text message "to leave me with nothing" and that she'd never be able to see their children again. She also claimed he had taken the fuses out of their only car, so that she was "trapped in the house."
She accused him of punching holes in the walls, threatening her, and of once breaking her hand.
Judge Edward Smith dismissed both protection-from-abuse petitions in August as part of a temporary custody order in which Collazo was granted "liberal" phone contact with her children and both parents agreed not to use corporal punishment.
Collazo also filed a protection petition against Werkheiser in 2007, but she later withdrew it.
She claimed he had gotten physical with her after he confronted her over an affair he had been told she was having. She alleged that in the past, he had given her a bullet and a card for her birthday and told her "he would see me on the other side."
Reporter Tracy Jordan contributed to this story.
The estranged couple were due for a custody hearing Thursday afternoon in Northampton County Court, the latest in their dispute over their four children.


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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) Through 22 games started, Christian Ponder isn't close to where the Minnesota Vikings need him to be.
The quarterback they've been counting on to build a contender around has repeated costly mistakes and shown persistent mechanical problems when many of his NFL peers are ascending to another level. As for how many more weeks Ponder needs before his skill set is established and the Vikings can determine whether he's truly a cornerstone of the franchise for years to come, that's difficult to tell.
But people are becoming impatient, and that includes Ponder.
``I hope not that long. Hopefully as soon as possible. I don't really know. I think it's hard to establish a timeline like that,'' Ponder said. ``Every player is different. Obviously I want to get to that consistent level as soon as possible.''
Even leaving out the top-two draft picks of the last two years, Cam Newton, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, second-year starters like Andy Dalton and rookies like Russell Wilson have been outperforming Ponder. The 12th overall selection in 2011 from Florida State had one of his worst games last Sunday, throwing two crippling second-half interceptions deep in Green Bay territory that led to Minnesota's 23-14 loss. Ponder didn't pass the 100-yard mark until the final, desperation drive.
Comparisons to other quarterbacks around his age, though, are not part of Ponder's process.
``I know I could be playing better and I want that level of success. Whether other players are playing better or not, I have my own expectations for myself regardless of what they're doing,'' he said.
Ponder called his performance a ``wake-up call'' to change the way he's been playing.
``Especially where we are in the season and with the goals that are in our hands, I've got to make sure that I give our team a chance to be successful,'' Ponder said.
He called those picked-off passes ``pretty obvious and pretty dumb.'' Learning to relax enough so he can settle in the pocket without shuffling around, properly step into his throws and be unafraid to fire balls into tight windows is part of what he's still working on. He also must be wise and careful enough not to be casual about throwing into dangerous places in critical situations, like he did into the back of the end zone on his first interception against the Packers.
Ponder, though, insisted again he still has the confidence he showed in September, despite decisions and body language on the field that might suggest otherwise from time to time. Ponder said he was happy to have the public backing of coach Leslie Frazier and a positive post-game pep talk from running back Adrian Peterson, but he also said the encouragement wasn't necessary.
Wide receiver Jerome Simpson, whose speed on the outside was supposed to help Ponder develop into a better deep thrower, came to his quarterback's defense.
``I've got a lot of confidence in Christian. He's going to bounce back and have a great game,'' Simpson said. ``That guy, he's a tough guy, man. A lot of added pressure gets put on him that shouldn't be. A lot of criticism shouldn't be put on him. We all make mistakes. I guess that's just the nature of being a quarterback.''
Frazier said he believes Ponder has done what he can to put himself in the right mental state to succeed.
``We see some things where he's definitely gotten better from a season ago. We saw it throughout the offseason. We've seen it during this season. There are still some areas where we know he has to improve. He knows he has to improve. The clock is still ticking on his improvement and development, and that's part of evaluating the quarterback position,'' Frazier said. ``But we are not at a point where we're going to throw in the towel on Christian Ponder.''
If Sunday's game against Chicago were to get out of hand, hypothetically, Frazier said he's not afraid or limited in authority to switch to backup Joe Webb, as he did once last December at Detroit when injuries and turnovers were plaguing Ponder.
``I can make those changes throughout the course of the game without having to get that red phone and put a call in to New York or wherever,'' Frazier said, smiling.
So maybe this week will be different, with the Vikings playing at home against a banged-up Bears team.
``No greater time than right now,'' Frazier said.
Ponder has had plenty to celebrate, actually, despite this rocky stretch. He confirmed Wednesday his engagement this week to ESPN reporter Samantha Steele, whom he began dating earlier this year. With a smile, he declined to provide any more specifics.
There's work to do, after all.
``After a bad game, I'm even more excited to come back to work the next week and the next day just so I can get it put behind me,'' he said. ``I keep my confidence up.''
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A recent study from Columbia University shows that prostitutes moved away from Craigslist's Adult Services before the site was shut down, according to AllFacebook.com.
The professionals migrated to Facebook to the tune of 83 percent adoption, according to the study's author, Sudhir Venkatesh. He's been studying New York City prostitutes since before social networking took off, so he's incorporating it into his methodology now.
Linking these numbers with how police use social networking to bust prostitution rings isn't around, yet, but that'd be a dang good read, right?
The Facebook angle is part of a larger study in Wired magazine that shows how prostitution has migrated from the street to the cloud, using mobile devices and luxury branding to increase 'respectablitly.'


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STATEHOUSE— House Speaker Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) appointed State Representative Matt Ubelhor (R-Bloomfield) to serve on the Military Base Planning Council.
"While the next legislative session won't convene until next year, my colleagues and I are prepared to get to work on these issues facing our communities," said Rep. Ubelhor. "The interim is a time where we can take a closer look at things we were not able to accomplish during session, while establishing a base for the work we will accomplish in 2014."
Every year after the legislative session is completed, the Legislative Council meets to assign topics for study during the interim as well as establish any new interim committee that is needed to examine a particular issue. Most interim committees will begin meeting in July with their work wrapping up toward the end of October.
Interim committees are an integral part of the legislative process. Even though session is adjourned for 2013, legislators will continue their duties by conducting in-depth studies of various topics assigned to their committees. Interim committees with specific expertise receive public testimony and work out the details of proposed legislation before it is introduced in the 2014 session.
"I am honored to be a part of the Military Base Planning Council and discuss issues facing Hoosier servicemen and women and our armed forces," said Rep. Ubelhor. "Hoosiers understand and are proud of those who serve to protect our freedoms and democracy, and Indiana is working to do everything it can to make sure returning veterans seamlessly transition to civilian life and our armed forces have the necessary available resources."
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Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Live! was the first of three live stage shows based on Muppet Babies produced by VEE Corporation. The Muppet Babies first appeared live on stage in VEE's 1985 show The Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition. Muppet Babies Live! premiered the following year, in 1986.
The characters were performed live on stage by puppeteers inside full-body Muppet Babies costumes, resembling the Babies' appearance from the I'm Gonna Always Love You sequence in The Muppets Take Manhattan. The performances were synced to vocal tracks by the original cartoon performers.
Two more Muppet Babies Live shows were presented in the following years -- Muppet Babies: Magic Box in 1987, and Muppet Babies: Where's Animal? in 1988.
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- with Stars, TV Maniacs, Mozart figures, Scarecrows, Toy Soldiers, Teddy Bears, Robot, and Clowns.
Vocal Credits
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Misc. Credits
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- Script Consultanting by Bill Prady and Louise Gikow
- Costumes designed and built by Henson Associates, Inc.
- Design and supervision of construction by Julie Zobel
- Assisted by Claudia S. Anderson, Jerry Gum, Don Creech
- Additional costumes designed by Michael Frith and Polly Smith
- Heads built and animated by Norman Tempia, Tom Newby, and the Muppet Workshop
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Lesser double collared sunbird
This is my hand leaning out of the dining room window in Constantia. My mom had called me to say that a sunbird had become trapped between the sash windows, where the up meets the down and makes a glassy crevasse, unfathomable to a bird trying to escape the clear prison. The sunbirds seem attracted to their reflections in the windows, fly in, and become stuck on their way out.
Enter the humans.
This bird (now in my mom's hand) was dazed and shocked and we wanted to remove him as gently as possible to the garden. I forget which of us carried him from the other's hand and put him gently beside the bird bath, but I do remember dripping a drop of sugared water into his beak before we moved from the window.
In the cool of the garden, near the honeysuckle, he perked up, and flew away.
Vince and I had breakfast every morning on the brick patio under a striped awning against the hot sun. Jasmine, roses, aloes, succulents and fuchsias share the collection of pots. All of these provide the sunbirds with nectar or miniature insects, which the small birds also feed on. A feeder nearby attracts them too, and sometimes butterflies, and it was a delight to sit and sip coffee and watch the delicate aerial shows put on by the pretty birds.
I miss their distinctive high voices singing rapid arpeggios, and their un-shy habit of darting to the ruby-flowered fuchsia at the end of the dining table, to hang upside down and drink from its tiny cup.
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- Donatella con uccelliniApril 17, 2010 at 2:08 PM
I enjoyed the picture and the post. A few years ago, I had a drunken Cedar Waxwing crash into my glass door. The berries here ferment in the heat and the birds are all intoxicated. Anyway, I put a box over him to protect him until he sobered up and flew away.ReplyDelete
Hi Marie, love your blog, very inspiring. If you are in SA come to Stellenbosch and visit the Stellenbosch Botanical Gardens, to find the entrance look for the big bronze statue of two buffalo.I think you will enjoy it!ReplyDelete
Hello MarieReplyDelete
Not so long ago I had a similar experience with a young Lesser Double Collared Sunbird, only sadly I did not find him in time and he was already dead, a bundle of browny/grey soft, inert feathers splashed with green and red. So sad.
On a happier note, today when I came home from a walk, I found an African Goshawk sitting on the edge of my fishpond under the camphor tree. A fully grown bird, he/she sat there for about 10 minutes, looking from left to right, before turnning round and jumping into the pond. No idea why he would do this, but I must say I feared for my last remaining goldfish's life. However, he did not catch it (if indeed he ever intended to) and emerged with wet underfeathers and shortly after that flew off.
Deryck took photos, but they are not yet downloaded.
Hi is so sweet, with those tiny colored feathers on his chest. I'm glad he made it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 17, 2010 at 3:50 PM
I like the successful rescues.ReplyDelete
The sunbirds here are bright canary yellow,the male sporting an iridescent blue 'jabot.'But they have the same happy, cheeky antics.
(And thankyou for using sugar water, not honey, which is not the best thing for birds.)
my parents have those in their garden all the time... I do miss them. The hoepoe. The hadeda (that annoys everyone else)... all of them. So glad this one got away!ReplyDelete


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